Picturing disability : beggar, freak, citizen, and other photographic rhetoric /

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For this book, the authors studied thousands of historical photographs of people with disabilities. Their work shows how people with disabilities have been presented - but in a much wider range than seen previously.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bogdan, Robert (Autor), Elks, Martin (Autor), Knoll, James A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Critical perspectives on disability.
Temas:
People with disabilities > Portraits.
People with disabilities > History.
Sociology of disability.
Social ecology.
Disabled Persons > history
Social Environment
Personnes handicapées > Portraits.
Personnes handicapées > Histoire.
Handicap > Aspect sociologique.
Écologie sociale.
human ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Social ecology
People with disabilities
Sociology of disability
History
Portraits
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Picturing disability
  • Freak portraits : sideshow souvenirs
  • Begging cards : solicitation with photographs
  • Charity : the poster child and others
  • Asylums : postcards, public relations, and muckraking
  • Clinical photographs : "feeblemindedness" in eugenics texts / Martin Elks
  • Advertising photographs : people with disabilities selling products
  • Movie stills : monsters, revenge, and pity
  • Art for art's sake : people with disabilities in art photography / James A. Knoll
  • Citizen portraits : photos as personal keepsakes
  • Conclusion : Just a beginning.

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